New from Cambridge University Press!

Edited By Keith Allan and Kasia M. Jaszczolt

This book "fills the unquestionable need for a comprehensive and up-to-date handbook on the fast-developing field of pragmatics" and "includes contributions from many of the principal figures in a wide variety of fields of pragmatic research as well as some up-and-coming pragmatists."

Book Information

This book provides a critical state-of-the-art overview of work inlinguistic typology. It examines the directions and challenges of currentresearch and shows how these reflect and inform work on the development oflinguistic theory.